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F. Wl SMITH. SWEAT BAND FOR HATS AND CAPS.

No. 254,169. Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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FRANK W'. SMITH, OF BETHEL, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS'W'.

' qBRACHER, OF NE YORK, N. Y.

SWEAT-BAND FOR-HATS AND CAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part o f Letters Patent No. 254,169, dated February 28, 1882.

' application fned Aprn 9, 1879.

To all whom it may concern.- f

Be it known that 1, FRANK W. SMITH, of Bethel, in the county of Fairtield and State of Connecticut, have invented a-new and useful Improvement in Sweat-Bands for Hats and Caps, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a side elevation of a section of my improved sweat-band, showing the reed with its vcover and the sweat-leather united thereto by a row of straight stitches preparatory to placing the same into the hat. Figllis a similar view of a like section, showing the stitching which unites the covered reed to the sweat-leather, done on a button-hole sewingstitches securing the leather to the recd-cov ering, and e the stitchesA securing the completed sweatband into the hat.

I propose, both for and for producing a better and more workmanlike sweat-band, to stitch the muslin binclosing the reed a to the sweat-band o, and seby a stitch, e; or I take the reed a, inclosed in the muslin b and leather c, and placing them together in. proper relative position to each other, as shown in Figs. I and II, unite them by one operation upon the machine. am enabled to do the stitching, which is much the greater part of the expense and labor, on a sewing-machine, so that only the sweat-band into the hat has hand; and I produce a much band. by not having the over-and-over thread to be done by complete, showing the edge of the sweat-band ilared preparatory'to being placed into the hat. Fig. IVis a similar view to Fig. III, but showing the sweat-band placed into the hat and secured into position. Fig. Vis a section of my sweat-band, showing the lower edge of the leather band turned inward. Fig. VI is a by either stretching the edge of the leather section'of the sweat-leather having the reed band before it is sewed to bound into its edge. Y covering, or while it is being sewed upon the Prior to myinvention it has been customary machine, or after the. several parts have been to take a reed, cover it with muslin, andwseunited upon the machine cure this muslin-covered reed 'to the ha'tby placed into the hat. stitching through the crown, above the june- If desired, the reed and sweat-band maybe tionwith the brim,and then uniting the sweatjoined together by a button-hole stitch, espeleather to the covered reed by an over-andcially when a fancy-colored thread is used as over7 hand-stitch, which, besides being slow an ornamentation, and tedious, was very objectionable, because prefer to sew the parts together with a plain the thread being wound in coils over the edge stitch, as indicated in Fig. I. Y of the leather and covered reed makesarough- I also propose in some cases to dispense ness which comes in direct contact with the with the ordinary muslin cover of the reed, head of the wearer. y

The object of my invention is to produce a sweat-band for h ats or caps having a flared edge, so that when secured into position the ared edge of the sweat-band will extend over the brim of the hat or cap, making 'a smooth finish, and prevent the stitches coming in coutact with the head of the wearer.

In the drawings, a represents the reed; b, the reedcovering; c, the leather band; d,

extend over the brim of in position.

sweat-band so as to the hat when placed band on a sewingmachine before placing it into the hat, and then 'securing it into the hat in the same manner as before. This construction is clearly shown and described in Fig. V.

What I claim is `l. The within-described ing a flared-edge sweat-band for hats and caps, consisting of covered reed and leather band.

2. v'Ihe combination of a sweat-leather and II economy in the labor curing the sweat-band so formed into the hat 5 Thus I 6( the basting of neater sweat 6 5 around the reed, and flaring the edge of the The edge of the sweat-band may -be iiared 7o and before being as shown in Fig. 1I; but I 8o and bind the reed into the edge of theleather 8 5 method of produc- :L covered reed, united so as to form a flared- In testimony that; I ciaiin the foregoing I [n edge sweabbond for hats and caps, substnnhave hereunto set my hund and seal this 29th tially as described. day of March, 1879.

3. The combination of a sweat-leather and a covered reed, united and formed substan- FRANK W. SMITH. [1.. s] taiiy as described.

` "4. As :t new article of nmnufacture,'a nm- Witnesses:

chiue-lnude flared-edge sweat-baud for hats GEO. A. SHEPARD,

and caps, substnutuily as described. ELiZ. G. NoR'rHuoP. 

